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What Is Research?: Concepts (Or Constructs) Are The Basic Building Blocks of

Research is defined as a systematic, intensive investigation or study employing techniques like hypothesis testing and experimentation. The purpose is to reveal new facts, theories, or principles through developing or contributing to generalizable knowledge. Research involves systematic study directed at increasing scientific understanding of the subject through testing, evaluation, and development.

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What Is Research?: Concepts (Or Constructs) Are The Basic Building Blocks of

Research is defined as a systematic, intensive investigation or study employing techniques like hypothesis testing and experimentation. The purpose is to reveal new facts, theories, or principles through developing or contributing to generalizable knowledge. Research involves systematic study directed at increasing scientific understanding of the subject through testing, evaluation, and development.

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What is Research?

Other insightful definitions of “research” are:


 Systematic, intensive, patient study and investigation in
some field of knowledge, usually employing the
techniques of hypothesis and experiment, whose
purpose is to reveal new facts, theories, or principles
 Means a systematic investigation, including research
development, testing and evaluation, designed to
develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge
 Systematic study directed toward more complete
scientific knowledge or understanding of the subject
studied
Zikmund (p. 41) has defined a theory as “a coherent set of
general propositions, used as principles of explanation of
the amount of the apparent relationships of certain
observed phenomona”
Concepts (or constructs) are the basic building blocks of
theory development. A concept (or construct) is a
generalized idea about a class of objects, attributes,
occurrences, or processes that have been given a name. A
concept (or construct) may vary in terms of the level of
abstraction
Examples: Productivity, Leadership, Morale, Assets,
Inflation

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